Which individuals are associated with the Great Disappointment as believing both time and event were wrong?

Which individuals are associated with the Great Disappointment as believing both time and event were wrong?

• A. Joshua Himes and William Miller
• B. S S Snow
• C. Hiram Edson
• D. S White

Answer: (A)

The situation the question points to is how Millerite leaders reacted when Oct 22, 1844 failed to bring Christ’s earthly return. The main idea here is that some early leaders faced the realization that their calculated time was wrong and the event they expected did not happen. Among these, the two most closely associated with that dual conclusion were William Miller and Joshua Himes. Miller had projected the precise date, and Himes organized and publicized the movement around that prediction. When the disappointment came, they both recognized that the timing and the anticipated event were incorrect, prompting a reevaluation of prophecy and leading to new interpretations that eventually shaped what would become Adventist thought. Hiram Edson, by contrast, interpreted the disappointment as pointing to a heavenly work—Christ’s sanctuary ministry—rather than a failed earthly event, so his stance didn’t claim that both time and event were wrong. S S Snow and Ellen G. White were connected to other aspects of the Millerite aftermath and broader Adventist development, but not the specific view that both timing and event were wrong.

The situation the question points to is how Millerite leaders reacted when Oct 22, 1844 failed to bring Christ’s earthly return. The main idea here is that some early leaders faced the realization that their calculated time was wrong and the event they expected did not happen. Among these, the two most closely associated with that dual conclusion were William Miller and Joshua Himes. Miller had projected the precise date, and Himes organized and publicized the movement around that prediction. When the disappointment came, they both recognized that the timing and the anticipated event were incorrect, prompting a reevaluation of prophecy and leading to new interpretations that eventually shaped what would become Adventist thought.

Hiram Edson, by contrast, interpreted the disappointment as pointing to a heavenly work—Christ’s sanctuary ministry—rather than a failed earthly event, so his stance didn’t claim that both time and event were wrong. S S Snow and Ellen G. White were connected to other aspects of the Millerite aftermath and broader Adventist development, but not the specific view that both timing and event were wrong.